Dierks Bentley's new song "Here on Earth" received a massive stamp of approval recently, from U2 frontman Bono.
After completing "Here on Earth," Bentley sent the song to Bono, who replied with lavish praise for the song, going so far as to say the lyrics remind him of a prayer.
"I was like, 'Wow, he totally gets it,'" Bentley tells Country Weekly.
Bentley also offered a bit of a backstory to his unlikely relationship with the U2 mastermind.
"I had a chance to sit next to him at a dinner he did with [Tennessee] Senator Frist and we talked a lot about country music and the country audience," Bentley tells Country Weekly. "He loves country music and he's been to the Station Inn, he's been to the Bluebird. He was friends with Johnny Cash. He wanted to learn more about the country audience."
"Here on Earth" is taken off of Bentley's recently released studio album Riser.
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